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  Put in Order
Frequency adverbs: position
Focus Grammar
Description Practise how to put adverbs of frequency in the right place inside the sentence.
Instructions Order these sentences so the adverb of frequency comes in the right position.
 
Items
soup / every other day / We / have
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
Mike / for dinner / often / pizza / eats
 
you / at home? / usually / have lunch / Do
 
I / hardly ever / oranges / eat
 
I / get up / always / at 8 a.m.
 
Tom / if you need it / help you / will / rarely
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
always / Can / dress / I / in green?
 
day in, day out / have to go / shopping / I
 
several times a year / My car / breaks down
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
usually / need / They / some help with the homework
 
you / ? / to the gym / Do / go / every day
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
Does / win / always / ? / Kevin
 
never / I / know / what to say
 
never / They / can / listen
 
My parents / go on holiday / almost never
 
very tired / usually / in the mornings. / Something is the matter with me. I / am
 
Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY
she / Yesterday, / phoned / twice / me
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
Do / feel tired? / you / often
 
Begin the sentence with SHE
when you talk to her / She / rarely / listens
 
every other day. / I travel a lot. I / some petrol / need
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
My parents / very often / come / to help me
 
to the dentist / once a year / usually / go / I
 
once a month / usually / I / to the hairdresser's / go
 
never / You / find / can / your car keys
 
three times a week / go / I / to the gym
 
I / five times / it / saw
 
do / to the disco? / often / How / you / go
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
She / very often / in blue / dresses
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
John / often / late / is
 
always / is / asking me questions / She
 
Total number of items: 30
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS

These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)

ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%)      = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%)      = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)

Word order:

One-word adverbs

Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach

Two words or more

At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)

How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4

These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week